Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-05

..,,,l his Northern homo
sr;nds are blowing,
\ Vase and honeysuckle DER his grave
q growins.
.he sleep that knows no waking"
Lo will slumber till tho morn of
{surrection.
rruel war is long since DER,
.,s for which we contended
/ iieil on fields red with human gore
uoter tho unknown soldiers grave
u one one ), Of the Illinois Volunteers.
a Colonel's Gobbler Was
Gobbled in Virginia.
Is the custom of our commanding
saws a writer in the Atlanta Con-
y, after hard days march, if we
& 10 90 into camp near the residence
] vell-to-do citizen, to have guard
to sit up with the premises of
fizen during the night, or so long as
/ lit remain in the neighborhood, to
/. his goods and chattels and chickens
| ii molested.
men were not "stuck" on this
TO any extent worth mentioning.
fslt that it was a large majority of
sjness and privilege, after pulling
the mud and hunger from early
ii frequently after dark, to turn our
cks inside out-which it was not
for us to do without the least dan
splitting the contents our
singular) en- the chilly bosom of
Earth, and go to sleep on an
stomach-about as tough job as
\ a dirty shirt without soap.
man would have about as much
in kicking against the tax collector
totest against guard duty; it had to
crmed on all occasions and under
instances, if for no other purpose
keep the men in good-humor.
frequently some of the property
ysrconhdent citizen came up miss
next morning, appropriated by the
ar! posted around his premises to
i.
times the command would be up
before the injured party would have
realize his loss; but when this was
case the Colonel or General COM
might expect to hear a healthy
ut from the aforesaid citizen. A
Fould be instituted, the result of
MAS invariably the finding and re-
Of the missing goods to the owner
born.
would have better luck in trying
her a bedbug than he would in
for chicken, ham, or begun
of several thousand troops.
lily speaking, your average soldier
If there is anything of that nature
Eeighborhood; and if a sufficient
II rations was not furnished by the
Bary, the grub Of the citizens resid-
our line of march was predes-
come up short.
Friter Of this remembers on one
having good, fat beehive mys-
disappear from under his nose
bt while he was vigilantly guarding
other perishable chattels on the
a never satisfactorily account for
pap, but | know my mess had honey
thread for breakfast next morning,
anne!
be Colonel's gobler! Sure enough!
was it, Joe?"
that was the meanest trick / done
e war, and I'm ashamed of it till
pended Joe B., the party appealed
story, long years after the wind
be unpleasantness.
Is one Of the best soldiers in the
army, and would shove back a
milk and peaches any time to get a
Yankee. But he said he was born
and if there was anything floating
b his vicinity that could be masti-
was more than apt to "draw" his
b, Joe."
We had been marching all day
mud and slush, and when night
stacked arms close to the line
Of rich old fellow, of course,
curse somebody had to do guard
,ser9eant's squad of six men were
from my regiment, and I was one
Ptortlnates.
tired and mad, and if cussin
ne done any good reckon / would
a spell of that too. But there
[slp for it, and on duty had to
01e of US had two hours duty to
and my turn came about 8 o'clock.
Nosted in the yard with instruc-
: no one in our out, except men,
le family.
put been on duty more than an
IL saw some one approaching the
pretty dark, but could see well
y decide that the Individual was O
.lsoached the gate, and was in the
,ssflng, when
says |.
epped moving!
are You up to?' I asked.
y lei e see if I could git dis 'ere
a. :, Ter de Cunnel,' he explained.
sl'' says |, go ahead
'Iete: boys, 1 disobeyed my in.
''ol 1t struck me all Of a student
II stomach, that that turkey was
n It, 'he nigge: in unmolested.
Int ,iAeo up to the door of the kitchen
~, aa'; came from within.
ae Monday sent me here ter have
COX fer i'm
s ssn opened and an old niggel
pei who"
l;Gl Monday
. ,awd! who is Cunnel Monday?
MAJ MAY walked in with his turkey
r sat; up to the door to get points
"uz he want i'm cooked?' asked
r IN baked wild plenty er stufin
way answered. sWhat We,
40 lit fer less'n dollar, dat
''sA'' When mus I cum arte
one er clock in de mawnin'.'